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「ふか七実は金☆五郎今国 中村芝翫」（三代目中村歌右衛門） 「酒屋娘おみわ 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actors Nakamura Shikan (Utaemon III) as Fukashichi, actually Kanawa Gorô Imakuni (R), and Iwai Hanshirô V as Omiwa, the Sake Seller's Daughter (Sakaya Musume) (L)
「ふか七実は金☆五郎今国 中村芝翫」（三代目中村歌右衛門） 「酒屋娘おみわ 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei 1), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.3 x 52 cm (15 1/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21524-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.21524 (left), 11.21525 (right)
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Nakamura
Nakamura Utaemon III used his poetry name, Shikan, as a temporary stage name when he performed in Edo in 1818-19.
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
中村
1818、文化１５、05・08
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Nakamura
Nakamura Utaemon III used his poetry name, Shikan, as a temporary stage name when he performed in Edo in 1818-19.
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
中村
1818、文化１５、05・08
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.